(L-R: Dr. David and Sen. Brown)

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with Dr. Laura David of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) during his weekly coffee with constituents. The two discussed efforts to address infant mortality. Dr. David is from Lyndhurst.

 

“Ohio’s physicians play an important role in caring for our infants and children,” said Brown. “Dr. David and ACOG understand the importance of prenatal health for mothers to give our kids a healthy start in life. I will continue working with her and others to address this important issue to our state.”

 

Brown is a champion for improving children’s health in Ohio. In February, he introduced the Protecting & Retaining Our Children’s Health Insurance Program (PRO-CHIP) Act. PRO-CHIP would extend funding for CHIP through fiscal year 2019. This bill was the baseline policy for the two-year CHIP extension that passed in April as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

 

Last year, Brown’s landmark legislation to battle back against the rise in infant mortality was signed into law by President Obama. The Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act will build on existing activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve upon the quality and consistency of data collected during death scene investigations and autopsies to better inform prevention and intervention efforts related to stillbirths, Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID), and Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Childhood (SUDC). This collaboration with the states to enhance current methods of data collection across existing surveillance systems will enable doctors and researchers to better track and prevent these tragic losses.

 

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